Rising in the dark of early morning, sports worshippers give thanks for the most plentiful winter in memory.

"It's like the moons are aligning," said Will Dennis, 26, an advertising accounts manager who is mad about sports. "It's strange, but it's awesome."

This month Mr Dennis and a legion of sports pantheists are waking up early for the World Cup and staying up late for Wimbledon.

Soon they will turn their attentions to the Tour de France, then the Commonwealth Games, the Women's Rugby World Cup, the first two Bledisloe Cup games and the opening days of the US Tennis Open.

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Which is to say nothing of motor sport, golf or the final State of Origin game.

ABC Grandstand host Peter Wilkins said winter was proving to be an "overhwelming" time to be a sports broadcaster.

"It's never a famine, but this is a banquet, about the biggest banquet you could ever sit down to indulge yourself," he said. "You could, quite comfortably, spend 24 hours a day watching brilliant sport, without any trouble at all."

Channel Nine sports presenter Ken Sutcliffe was not complaining.

"Keep it coming, it keeps me employed," he said. "For a sports journalist, it's like you're back in the lolly shop and you're thinking, which one do I choose?"

He was particularly looking forward to seeing the Wallabies' tilt at the Bledisloe Cup. "There's a brand of rugby that's being played under Ewen McKenzie and the young fellas coming though that really makes you want to watch the game," he said.

Sports bars are also revelling in the crowded winter calendar. Events manager for the Crest Hotel sports bar Chrissy Symeonakis said extra staff had been rostered on at the venue to keep up. "We've probably never been busier,"she said.

And while some spectators stay out for late, boozy nights, others arrive dressed in suits early in the morning. "They come in, have an orange juice, have a coffee, watch the game on the big screen, then head off to work," she said.

Churchills Sports Bar manager Scott Young said the Commonwealth Games rarely brought in patrons but recent form from local and national teams was boosting business.

"We're ticking all the right boxes: the Swans are on fire, the Wallabies are on fire, the Rabbitohs are on fire," he said. "It's a good space to be in at the moment."